Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-15
HERE AND THERE.

John IT, King, OF South Carolina, has been
arrested In Atlanta, Ga, for forging his name
o. a certificate Of proficiency which procured
for him n school at Oconee.
Many OF the large hotels In New York nov
use potatoes imported from Germany instead
Of using Bernudas The advantage 10 in
price rather than IA quality.
An enterprisIng maiden is the Cohocs, n.
Y, girl who eloped recently, leaving two
husbands TO mourn her loss. Her name less
than year ago was Miss Annie Conway.
1t is reported that parties In Key West have
discovered q process by which oysters and
other shell fish can be evsporsted just as
easily as apples peaches, etc, aud retain
their flavor.
A horse galloped through the streets OF
Hopkinsville, Ky, during a recent storm,
when a bolt Of lightning struck his heels
tearing of both shoes, which went flying
through the air like blazing Goals.
Three Eastern factories which were running
on goods for baby clothes have been obliged
to suspend operations for the want Of orders.
Are they making bark shirts for Western ba'
bies or Is this the year 10 cut over dads old
cothesi
A court In Wisconsin has again decided that.
a woman cannot secure damages from
strange man who wlnks at her in the postofficc
corridor. Her remedy Is to jab him In the
eye with her parasol, or get her husband TO
lick him,
The highest mountain In the world is Mounl
Hercules and not Mount Everest OF the
hImslayan range as is generally supposed
Mount Everest is $4,000 feet high, but Mount
Hercules scars to the tremendous altitude OF
80, 7S6 feet
A Brooklyn physician has been inyestigat
ing cats and dogs, aud he finds just as many
cranks and fools among them as among the
human race. He says that every fourth cat is
of her base, while every ninth dog is a sort
Of fanatic.
One OF the American claims against Mexico,
put in seventeen years ago and still unsettled,
Is for 10000 for a slap on the mouth which a
Mexican gave a Boston man. The mouth
VIII probably be dumb IN death before the
claim is reached
The palaces Of China and Japan are now IL
Illuminated by the same electric lights as are
used in America, and very likely the same
June bugs have the same way Of collecting
around toget a chance TO crawl down behind
somebody's collar.
Lost River, Cal, was so named because n
miner who was cooking dinner on It's banks
lost his beans and pork by the overturning OF
the kettle. When you come to take romance
and sit it right down to bedrock IT'S no bev-
erage for hot day
Boston school-b board officials have posted no.
tees in all the school buildings Of that city
forbildug the chewing OF tobacco by the
pupils. They have even posted the notice in
the girls hgh-school building, much to the
Indignation of the young women.
Baptist society At Los Angeles, Cal,
bought lot few months ago for 5000 in
tending TO build. a site for n government
building was selected close by, aud few
days ago they sold out for s!),0)) aud Will
Duy another lot and build Immediately.
The "infernal machines" received by In
spector Byrnas, Capt Williams, aud the Brit
81 consul al New York Friday were fuel
cartridges manufactured tn Troy. The
cartridges are filed with mineral cotton aud
are perfectly harmless. They were sent as
joke
In the Philadelphia railroad committee of
N'AhNAtos AutoAhNf bohH " dhaiiahti > b4d "a
500. 900 cash aud $1,000 per mile for the
privilege Of erecting an elevated railroad was
beaten by an offer Of President Boxer, Of the
Northeastern Railroad company 10 pay a
bonus Of $500 90 and $40 900 per mile in lieu
Of his former proposition 10 pay per cent. OF
the gross receipts
The Mercantile library in New York city ID
practically owned and entirely managed BY
clerks. In order 10 vote or hold Office
member must be a clerk or working on a salary
in some mercantile Office. The library con-
tains 2l700J volumes, making 1t the fifth
largest in the country First comes the con-
gress!onal at Washington, second the Boston
public library, third the Harvard university,
and fourth the Aston.
Some experienced educators think that
good many teachers in the public schools
make mistake In not urging the scholars 10
talk morc-the laconic reply Of yes" or MOI
on the part Of a scholar not being conducive
TO the process OF thinking Questions should
be put in such a manner by the teacher that
the pupil viii be bound TO use one or more
sentences, thus exercising the mind more ana
acquiring a better knowledge OF the construc.
ton Of the English language.